USE DRONE AIRCRAFT TO TAKE OUT TERRORISTS.. AND FOR SURVEILLANCE. BUT TONIGHT, RIGHT HERE IN TOWN. AND áYOU MAY SEE THEM FLYING OVER YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S ANDREW OZAKI EXPLAINS, IN A STORY YOU'RE SEEING ONLY ON SEVEN. éé GETTING A BIRDS-EYE VIEW FOR ROOFING ESTIMATES MEANS AN EASIER, SAFER JOB FOR LUKE HANSEN.( nat snd: Now we're live. ) HANSEN FROM WHITE CASTLE ROOFING... USES A UNMANNED AIRCRAFT...COMMONLY CALLED A DRONE. THE HIGH RES VIDEO HE GETS... TELLS HIM ALL HE NEEDS TO KNOW IN A MATTER OF MINUTES INSTEAD OF HOURS.( Luke Hansen: The other day there was an apartment complex 11 buildings 4 stories tall that we blocked off 6 hours to see how many shingles little quick video and it saved us 5 hours. ) HANSEN BELIEVES HE CAN NOW USE A DRONE DESPITE A F-A-A BAN ON COMMERCIAL USE. AND HE POINTS TO THIS VIDEO FROM VIRGINIA.. THE PILOT WHO SHOT IT TOOK THE F-A-A TO COURT.. AND GOT A 10-THOUSAND FINE DISMISSED.( Hansen: What judge said was these have been and are legal right now. ) THE FAA IS APPEALING IN THE VIRGINIA CASE.. BUT IT MIGHT NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.( Matt Waite: People are really starting to leave the FAA behind.) MATT WAITE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA DRONE LAB SAY THE TECHNOLOGY IS SO MUCH BETTER AND CHEAPER THAN IT USED TO BE, THAT PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED WAITING FOR THE F-A-A TO COME UP WITH SPECIFIC REGULATIONS.( Matt Waite: The FAA does not have enough people to enforce this what they call illegal uses going all the time ) LIKE THIS DRONE VIDEO OF TORNADO DAMAGE, AIRED ON A NEWS STATION IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANASAS. A SPOKESPERSON FROM THE F-A-A ADMITS ... THE WAY THEY MONITOR WHAT THEY CALL "UNAUTHORIZED UNMANNED FROM THE PUBLIC, COMPETITORS, OR SEEING THEM ON YOUTUBE OR IN NEWS STORIES. THEY CAN'T SAY HOW MANY TIMES THEY BUT THEY'VE ONLY ISSUED á12 CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS, AND FINES IN TWO CASES. AS FOR HANSEN....HE BELIEVES HE'S FOLLOWING THE LAW.( Luke Hansen: We just feel this has been a big benefit for us. ) IN OMAHA, ANDREW OZAKI KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. AN F-A-A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE DRAFT REGULATIONS ON DOMESTIC UNMANNED AIRCRAFT ARE EXPECTED TO COME OUT LATER THIS YEAR. HE SAYS QUOTE "WE ARE TRYING TO WRITE SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR THE BUSIEST MOST COMPLEX AIRSPACE IN THE WORLD... IT'S A MAJOR CHALLENGE TO WRITE REGULATIONS THAT INSURE THE SAFETY AND PROPERTY ON THE GROUND .. WHILE NOT PLACING AN UN-DUE BURDEN TO AN EMERGING INDUSTRY."